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Shakespeare / the life, the works, the treasures Catherine M.S. Alexander.

  • Accession number

    83366393

  • Class

    OS - 63/ALE

  • ISBN

    023300193X (hbk.)

  • Language

    English

  • Physical description

    64 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 x 31 cm.

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General note: Published in association with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Covers details of Shakespeare, from his birth and life as a married man, actor, playwright, poet and businessman to the enduring legacy of his work through various media. Includes 30 removable facsimile documents connected to Shakespeare, including the registration of his marriage and his will. Includes audio CD of exerpts from various productions selected from The Complete Archangel Shakespeare production. In slipcase. Formatted contents note: Facsimiles: 1. Frankpledge for refuse heap -- 2. Conveyance of property showing John Shakespeare's lease (1570) -- 3. Shakespeare's baptism record (1564) -- 4. Shakespeare's marriage bond -- 5. Baptism registration, Susanna Shakespeare (1583) -- 6. Baptism registration, Hamnet and Judith Shakespeare (1585) -- 7. Hamnet's buriel registration (1596) -- 8. Purchase of New Place (1597) -- 9. Letter from Richard Quiney (1598) -- 10. Ex[aminatio]on of Augustyn Phillypps servant unto the L[ord] Chamberlayne (1600) -- 11. Account of Edmund Tylney (1604) -- 12. Account of payment for King's Men (1604) -- 13. Letters patent for Kings Men from James I -- 14. Account of the Master of the Great Wardrobe (1604) -- 15. Blackfriars property conveyance -- 16. Shakespeare's will (1616) -- 17. Registration of Shakespeare's burial (1616) -- 18. Poster of Japanese production.